GRE Word List
SPRUCE
to make spruce
The meaning of the word spruce is to make spruce.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |